Marion County Snapshot

Hale Cemetery Re-Visit

2011-10-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

I recently received a new request from Find a Grave for Hale Cemetery. This lady wanted pictures of several of her Hale ancestors.. Unfortunately most of the markers in this particular graveyard have been moved, or haven't weathered times.

W.T. Son of D. & Nancy Hale.

This marker was most definitely in the best shape. And thanks to your names and dates I was already armed with I could read the entire stone; Joseph Riley Hale.

J.R.H. - Not sure if it's Hale or Hicks or Hughes since all 3 surnames are buried here.

The next few pictures were further up the trail. Last time I was here I could only go so far on the trail because of trees the tornado knocked down back in April. This time I was able to go further and found these two 'vaults'. The trail continued on down and back up the hill, but there weren't any more headstones to be seen. I hope I didn't miss any.. From the looks of the property there are a LOT of graves here, with no markers, we were sure to be walking all over them.

A small marker in the shrubbery I noticed on our way out - J. W. H.

The rest of the markers were back at the front of the yard, they are Hicks.

Bennett's Lake

2011-08-21T09:54:00.001-07:00

Aerial Marion County

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I actually did not take these pictures, my wonderful husband Brad shot them for me :) Give credit where credit is due!

Oates Cemetery - Bennett's Lake / Mullin's Cove

2011-08-21T09:44:00.000-07:00

So I went looking for this graveyard for a Find a Grave request. It's near where Bennett's Lake Road and Mullin's Cove Road meet. I had never seen this one before, even in the many times I have been by it. Unfortunately there is a "no trespassing" sign posted and this is as close as I could get. For those of you familar with the area, I was pretty astonished at the proximity of this graveyard to the river, and the crypts were pretty cool too.

More TN River Shots - July 17th, 2011

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These were taken a bit further up the river, close to Hale's Bar Dam

Tennessee River - July 17th, 2011

2011-07-17T13:04:00.000-07:00

Ladd's Mountain

April-May storm damage at the rest stop

The husband's job site, Seredino's:

Haletown Lake View

2011-07-16T18:10:00.001-07:00

Ladd's Mountain View

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Prentice Cooper

2011-07-16T17:59:00.000-07:00

Marion Memorial Bridge Facts

2011-07-12T05:49:00.000-07:00

Description

When new Dixie Highway (U.S. 41) was proposed through Haletown, this bridge was built as a toll bridge and dedicated to the county's veterans on the new highway alignment (the old Dixie Highway is still State Highway 28 through Ketner's Gap and down to Suck Creek). When TVA impounded Nickajack Lake, all the trusses were raised by hydralic lift 21 feet higher to allow for barge traffic on the lake's new elevated level. Although the Parker spans resemble K-Parkers, they are not K-spans. In the 1920's and 30's, Tennessee utilized the K-span concept to strengthen the state's longer Parker spans, but for financial reasons, did not incorporate the entire design into the superstructures. They are actually called K-hybrids.

Facts

Overview: 2 Parker Camelback through trusses, and 2 Warren through trusses with Polygonal top chords, all riveted, over Nickajack Lake (Tennessee River)
Location: Marion County, Tennessee
Status: Functionally obsolete, better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1929; tolls removed 1947; rehabilitated 1966, and raised 21 feet higher when Nickajack Lake was impounded
Builders: - Tennessee State Highway Department - Tennessee Valley Authority
Design: Two Parker (Camelback design) through truss main spans with K-panel hybrids; Two Warren PTC through truss approach spans
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 369.1 ft. Total length: 1,870.1 ft. Deck width: 20.0 ft. Vertical clearance above deck: 14.6 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2007
Also called: Haletown Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.02814, -85.54532 (decimal degrees) 35°01'41" N, 85°32'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/632701/3877130 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Sequatchie
Inventory numbers: NRHP 07000930 (National Register of Historic Places reference number) TN 58SR0020023 (Tennessee bridge number) BH 32614 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2008): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9) Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9) Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9) Appraisal: Structurally deficient Sufficiency rating: 25.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 2,250; Information Obtained: BridgeHunter.com

Hale's Bar Marina Fireworks 2011

2011-07-09T07:36:00.000-07:00

Hale's Bar Marina

July 4th 2011 Fireworks

Gorgeous Tennessee River Sunset - Green Bridge Construction

2011-06-23T18:26:00.000-07:00

New Hope - TVA Dam - Big Crane - Dangerous Waters!!

2011-06-23T17:38:00.000-07:00

Dilapidated Old Home - Griffith Hwy

2011-06-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

When we were kids, people used to say it was haunted. Not sure, but it's nearly falling in. I took some pictures of this same house about 10 years ago (inside & out). I need to find, scan and post those.

Ebenezer C.P. Church

2011-06-22T11:09:00.000-07:00

Baptist Hill Church Cemetery - Jasper

2011-06-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

This little guy was just waiting on me to get out of there :D

TN River - Foggy morning - Shellmound Barn

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I know - it's a buzzard - but it was just hanging out :D

Shellmound Road - Horses Grazing

2011-06-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

Marion County Courthouse - Jasper Square

2011-06-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

Jamie Bolton's Cloudy Whitwell Sky

2011-06-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

Property of Jamie Bolton

This image is her private property, may not be used or reproduced in any way without express written permission!!

Jamie Bolton's Ray's of Sun - Whitwell, TN

2011-06-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

Property of Jamie Bolton

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Tennessee River Sunset - July 2010

2011-06-21T07:52:00.000-07:00

Ketner's Mill - Whitwell, TN - May 2010

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Marion County Park - Green Bridge - April 2010

2011-06-21T07:39:00.000-07:00

Foster Falls - Tracy Mountain, Jasper, TN - 2009

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